Tobacco pipe and a hollow member therefor



May 13, 1 v J. w. LESS TOBACCO PIPE AND A HOLLOW MEMBER THEREFOR Patented Ma 13, 1952 TOBACCO RIPE AND A HOLLOWZMEMBERI L THEREFOR 12 v V I Joseph iiil. Less, Clinton, Iowa v, Applicatiole-seiitembenfi2, 1948; Serial No;a50,460.1:

' 6 Glaimsm (01. 1311-171;

1 2. v Thistinventiomrelates to tobacco:- pipesi Anmbjeetoi the invention isv to providegmeansai 011 coolingtheismokeidrawnzby the smokeiqfronmz a pipe boWl-,-.-whi1e 'alsosjurnishingia memhem in of past of whiohi the tobacco in said; bowl: ma

be kept burning during periods whenstheirpipezzu is nottactualiyabeing fismokedfi v 7 Another :object :is thetprovision 10f za hollows-H membemof yie1dab1e1=and:-elastic materiaiitsuchhio :stance ;the memberzis spheroidal as perhaps a onve en sfo mf 0 m nufa01 ure,-;and-its size as ea plastic; f or example; iwhereinaizhe Annex: spaceat'hei eofi may housema tobacco rpipegisandw, also communicate with the =-pipebow1 and-==-.0na; occasiomzdravwsmeke therefrom and to! discharge the sameby actiomof the :fingerswf the :hand: 011x emngmreferablmiextendihg.se fisd st nqe tQ- :1

said member.

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:1 sii ht. no pres.s apf ah l wyi l ab manly-3 of saidmemberrn- Again at the right in Figures 1:,- 3 andk4', the: wall of the member is provided with an o11tward-.- 1y extende i--portion terminating in -a tubular pa tr In Figure '4- the member l conforms to that shownin Figure :1, it being--observed--'-that-' a tobacco pipei idehtified by -l is enclosed -therein,= its -bowl 'being gseateduponthe fpedestal' 4 while the 'uppenterminusof saidpipe is snugly; enc1osed--- by the 'depending;wal 1 'portion'3 described. Also; it is noted thatg thestem of the pipe extends throu hai doiltsidathenamedtil a pa t 6? Natura y; f .th i; p e.- 9 a any p 5 m y; b smoked inclependentlyof the structure described j andshown but when emp1oyed with said jstructureis seated in the memberl by introducing, the; st m t eof th nu h the openin s 2 and. v then intoand ithroughttheiwltubularj part, B, theiyield abl'eand somewhatb collap'siblegmember.being de-, ;v formedin this action; ,to permitthe. seating of saidzpip e as in saidfligiirei i. 4

Attention, is. directed; to the fact. that norma11y'1 thei diameter of the opening ,2, as Well vas the).

pipe stemsandsamattached fit inazth re p aqeo h n a u 9 wleakrfit of the named-wr is assured-.- Further, athea-extremitynof .t-hewall portionaa and-that of the tubulanportion-fi tern minateeach-ain a thin edge forf a purpose to 3 e e E y-ap e ite;

pipe' being vshownin'sectian,:-the:zse-.ca11ed;bittof Havi g; introduced@the; pipeinto tl-ie,- member;

the latter may now resume its proper form aided. if necessary, by the fingers of the smoker.

Communicating with the smoke passage 8 of the pipe stem is a transverse passage 9 which latter may receive a closure such as a screw in, for example.

Also, a passageway H is provided for in the wall of the pipe bowl which may likewise be closed by a screw Il both screws serving purposes to appear in the description of the operations to follow. Said passageway H provides for communication of the pipe bowl cavity with the cavity or space I l of the member I, and for that purpose has a position in said bowl in the space between the depending wall portion 3 and the upstanding portion, or pedestal 4.

The mouthpiece, or bit of the pipe stem denoted at [2 may also be made of plastic tothe extent, at least, as to its free end in Figure 4, in that instead of the usual open smoke outlet for a pipe there is merely a line of separation or slit at l3 which opens when smoke is drawn out through it but closes automatically by fiexing of the plastic material when the drawing action ceases.

The same is true in Figure 3 in which the bit I2 has a free open end to the smoke passage [4, a plastic portion [5 being slipped over the end of the bit, to close the passage [4, normally, but having a separation line or slit l5 so that the smoke passage may be opened in the smoking act.

The smoker may use the pipe in the conventional manner by setting up a suction through the mouthpiece 12, at which time the passages 9 and II may be closed, the plugging screws having been placed therein prior to introducing the pipe into the enclosing member I. However, in order that conventional smoking together with the use of the said member I may result, the screw H is not employed in closing the passage H when the pipe has been seated within said member, although the screw ID is in place in the passage 9 of the pipe stem.

In order that the various actions under given control of the pipe passages be first known it may be stated that when the passage 9 is closed by the screw [0, the passage ll being open, the tobacco is kept burning by suction set up by alternately compressing and releasing the walls of the member I. When the passage 9 is open, the passage ll being closed, the same action just described is the result. Again, should both passages and ll be open the smoke is drawn in substantially equal amounts therethrough upon pressure and release of the member-walls. On the other hand, when said passages are both closed, as in Fig. 4, the suction of the smoker is the same as in the ordinary or common pipe.

To light the pipe, the passage ll being open due to the withdrawal of the screw ll therefrom, the draft may be set up by mouth through the passage 8, as is customary, or the member I may be compressed by the fingers of the smoker to first eject some of the air therefrom. In this action some of the air would naturally be forced out through the. pipe bowl, it is true, while some would be ejected through the extension 6 of the member. Permitting the member to expand results in drawing the outside air into the bowl to thus bring about the lighting of the tobacco, the hugging of the extension about the pipe stem insuring a strong draft for the lighting operation. During alternate wall-comp'ressing-acts any tendency of the air and smoke to return to the pipe bowl through the passage ll would be minimized by providing for a more free escape through the extension 6 than would be permitted by said passage. During suction actions not only does the extension 6 provide a bar to air movement into the cavity of the member around the pipe stem, but air is also prevented entering said member through the said stem due to the resilient and slitted types of mouthpiece employed. When the smoker is not using the pipe and drawing thereon by mouth suction, the tobacco may be kept alight by occasionally compressing and releasing the member-walls for providing air movements. Naturally, although the pipe bowl becomes highly heated at times either by too frequent drafts by mouth suction, or suction set up by the compressions of the member I, the latter may, be held in the hand without discomfort, the hot bowl being insulated therefrom.

The removal of screw [0 from its passage 9, that is, when the screw is not used for cutting ofi communication between the smoke passage 8 of the pipestem and the cavity ll of the member I, permits the smoker not only to create a draft directly from the pipe bowl, but also from the latter through the passage II, when the screw H is omitted, and through the said cavity of said member.

It is understood from the foregoing that the indrawn air to the member I is always through the pipe-bowl and the burning tobacco, and that any discharge of air from said member is mostly through the valve created at the extension 6, surrounding the pipe stem.

In addition to a cool smoke the smokers fingers are insulated from a hot pipe by the member I as held in his hand- When the passage 9 is closed and the passage H is open the tobacco may be lighted by .the manipulations of the walls of the member I as earlier described, there being no advantages in operations beyond those. obtained when both saidpassages are open. If both passages 9 and II are closed then, of course, there would be no action other than smoking by mouth suction in the usual way.

The smoker having regard to the particular manner in which he may wish the assembled parts to operate may leave open either one of the passages 9, II, and close the other, before placing the pipe within the member I in their relation shown in Fig. 4.

I claim:

1. A structure for the purpose described including a cavitied yieldable elastic member for partially enclosing a smokers pipe, the same having an opening in a wall thereof for the introduction therein of a pipe-bowl, and also having an opening in a wall thereof to receive the stem of said pipe, the axes of the openings lying substantially at right angles to each other, a seat for the pipe-bowl spaced from the walls having the named openings and lying opposite and facing said first named opening and spaced therefrom, a tobacco pipe insertable into said member and resting upon said seat and snugly fitting in the two named openings, the pipe-bowl having a passage in its wall communicating with the interior of the bowl and with the cavity of the member, and a valve at the free extremity of the pipe-stem normally closing the passage thereof and adapted to open in drawing smoke from said p pe-bowl.

2. A structure for the purposes described including a cavitied yieldable elastic member for partially enclosing a smokers pipe, the same having an opening in a wall thereof for the introduction therein of a pipe-bowl, and also having an opening in a wall thereof to receive the stem of said pipe, the axes of the openings lying substantially at right angles to each other, a seat for the pipe-bowl spaced from the walls having the named openings and lying opposite and facing the first named opening and spaced therefrom, a tobacco pipe insertable into said member and resting upon said seat and snugly fitting into the two named openings, the pipe-bowl having a passage in its wall communicating with the interior of the bowl and with the cavity of the member, a valve at the free extremity of the pipe-stem normally closing the passage thereof and adapted to open in drawing smoke from said pipe-bowl, and a part adapted to seat in and for closing said passage in said pipe-bowl.

3. A structure for the purpose described including a, cavitied yieldable elastic member for partially enclosing a smokers pipe, the same having an opening in a wall thereof for the introduction therein of a pipe-bowl, and also having an opening in a wall thereof to receive the stem of said pipe, the axes of the openings lying substantially at right angles to each other, a seat for the pipe-bowl spaced from the walls having the named openings and lying opposite and spaced from the first named opening, a tobacco pipe insertable into said member to rest upon said seat and snugly fitting in the two named openings, the pipe-bowl having a passage through its wall communicating with the interior space of the bowl and with the cavity of the member, a valve at the free extremity of the pipe stem normally closing the bore thereof, said valve adapted to open in withdrawing smoke from said pipe-bowl, there being a transverse passage in the stem of the pipe communicating with the cavity of said member through which to connect the said bore of said stem withsaid cavity, a part adapted for closing the said transverse passage of the pipe stem, and a part for closing the said passage in the pipe-bowl leading into the cavity of the member.

4. A structure for the purposes described including, in combination with a smokers pipe, a cavitied member of a material certain of the walls of which when pressure is exerted thereon are capable of yielding inwardly into the cav- 6 ity of said member from a normal distended position, and which when pressure is removed will regain said normal distended position, said pipe partially lying within the cavity of said member and enclosed by the walls of the latter, one of the walls of the member supporting said pipe, another of said walls having an opening therethrough to receive the pipe-bowl snugly therein, the bowl-cavity being exposed through and outside said wall, and still another of the Walls having an opening to receive therethrough the stem of the pipe, the last named wall snugly fitting said stem at said opening but adapted to yield away from the stem during pressure upon the Walls of the member and thereby relieve created pressure set up in the member-cavity during applied pressure.

5. The structure recited in claim 4 including a passage in the wall of the pipe-bowl for communication of the cavity of the latter with the cavity of the member, a closure for controlling said passage, a passage in the stem of the pipe through which the bore of said stem may communicate with the said cavity of the member, and a closure for the latter passage for control of the same.

6. The structure recited in claim 5 including at the outer extremity of the stem of the pipe a structure constituting a valve normally closing the bore of the stem, the same adapted to open by suction applied to said outer extremity of said stem.

JOSEPH W. LESS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,934,115' Burns Nov. 7, 1933 1,974,246 Littell Sept. 18, 1934 2,283,624 Copell May 19, 1942 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 8,390 Great Britain of 1900 24,226 Great Britain of 1911 171,658 Great Britain Nov. 24, 1921 

